Trying to read/profile the people in the crowd shots. I’d guess 50% true believers, 40% excuse-to-lash-out, 10% manifest-destiny holy warriors.
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Outside of the leaders instigating it, this stuff only makes sense in the mind of someone who is genuinely convinced Trump won. This is too costly a reaction for anyone just pretending. It takes a peculiar combination of temperament and info environment to produce such conviction
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A lot of those people looked hopeless. Like Otoya Yamaguchi in the 1960s.
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Good point. Info environment is something we can fix .
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It must be the starting point - but it will take hard recognitions from both sides of the political spectrum for any helpful change to be fostered.
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They were let in by the police because this should be understood as a police protest.
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Unfair elections, corporate bailouts, fake wars, predatory “health care” — all on public dime. Two morons vying for power, zero leadership. Voter disenfranchisement as norm practice for both parties. We are also a major manufacturer/ exporter of coups around the world. Surprise?
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"too costly a reaction" implies a perceived cost. If they don't expect to get hurt or arrested then why wouldn't they?
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And here's betting they are right. I'm betting fewer than three are charged with anything related to this ever.
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